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To: matherandlowell who wrote (53302)	7/7/2006 2:20:34 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) of 197015

My understanding was that owners of relatively little IP were demanding 3 or 4 times the amount QCOM was asking for the overwhelming IP they own. This does happen (witness the Ericsson case in England). But in general I'd be stunned if any one individual company were getting anywhere near 5% from GSM as a general rule. If the Europeans wanted to paper over the patents of CDMA and formulate a standard based on CDMA plus some of their IP, he agreed to do that but only if the Europeans agreed to pay the QCOM standard rate. Pretty much guarantee this is not correct. There have been independent papers written on the total combined royalty rate - and it is approx 15-20% TOTAL for those not in the club, not the 50-100% you'd get from 4 or 5 companies each charging 2 or 3x Q's rate. Clark

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